Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Paul Blocker, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Paul Blocker registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Paul Blocker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Paul Blocker
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "P. Blocker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Blockers elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 71 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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